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Nov. 4; 1930. w. R. WILLIAMS TOY Filed Sept. 20, 1928 v I 14/ III/l/II/17/ Patented Nov. 4, 1930 1 v I UNirED STATES 'PAT ENT6mm WILLIAM R.WILLIAMS, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TOY Application filed September 20,1928.' Serial No. 307,239. This invention relates to a toy to representA bracket 11 secured to the upright has; a a steering wheel ofanfautomobile, but has strap 12 attachedthereto and the other endnothing to do with the steering of a vehicle, of the strap is secured tothe back of the or in other words it is not a steering wheelr cushion inany desired manner. The object of this invention is to provide a V Ahandle or brace is secured to theupso toy or dummy steering wheel forasmall child right by rivets; The lower end of the 11pto play with whenriding in'an automobile in right is bent at right angles and is securedsuch a manner that the child can play With to a plate 4 by means ofrivets. the wheel and make all the movements of the The plate 4 isplaced between the floor C driver of the automobile without interferingand the bracket D for holding the upright in :55 with the driving-wheel.place. With these and other objectsin view the Located at the bottom ofthe upright is a invention consists of the following construcsliding pin6 which operated between the tion and arrangement of parts to be fullylegs of the upright and passes through an 15 described and claimed.aperture in the floor of the vehicle to prevent eo In the drawingforming a part of this specthe upright moving from under the anchorification and in which corresponding parts plate D. v are denoted bylike reference characters, is In the operation of the invention by theillustrated the preferred form of the invenchild, the child sitting onthe seat of the tion capable of carryingthe same into pracvehicle, thetoy is placed in front of it, and -:c5

tical operation. secured to the vehicle as stated above, the Figure 1 isa view of the invention looking child places its hand on the wheel whichreat it from the vehicle seat. volves on the shaft and if the childwishes to Fig. 2 is a side view of the invention. go through themovement of shifting gears The reference character A denotes a vehi orsetting the brake it moves one of the levers 7o cle seat, B a .cushionon the seat, C the floor on the side of the support. r r of the vehicle,D a cleat secured to the vehicle Having thus described the parts of myin seat for holding the invention in place. vention what I claim as newand desire to The invention comprises an upright 1 secure by LettersPatent, is:

30 which supports a shaft 2 at its upper end. 1. In atoy of thecharacter described com-J7 The shaft is pivotally connected to theupprising an upright support carrying a shaft right by a pin 15. On oneend of the shaft is pivotally attached to its upper end, said shaftattached awheel16. On the face of the wheel having a wheelon one endthereof and a are graduate marks 20 over which a lever 17 spring on theother end thereof, said wheelto operates. be moved by a child, saidspring at its lower K The wheel 16 and the lever 17 are pivotally endbeing attached to the support, said spring secured on the shaft 2 by athumb screw 18. holding said shaft in its proper position,

One end'of a spring 14 is secured to the graduate marks on the face ofsaid wheel to shaft 2 and the other end to a bracket 18 seindicate tothe child the desired movement it cured to the upright 1. The spring 14:mainwishes to make of the wheel, levers pivotal1ytains the wheel in itsnormal position. placed. on said support, means for attaching On thesides of the upright are pivotally said toy to a vehicle allsubstantially as set placed levers 5 and 7 which can be shifted forth. 7by a child at its will as a brake lever or as a 2. In a toy of thecharacter described comclutch lever. prising an'upright detachablyplaced in front of a vehicle seat, a tilting rbdpivotally at I V tachedto upper end of said upright, said rod whaving a hand Wheel on one endthereof and 7 a spi'ing on its othernend, said wheel having I graduatemarks thereon; said spring holding said rod in its normal position,levers one ofwhichis placed on one side of said upright and the other onthe other side of said up iright, said levers being pivotally secured tosaid-upright andmeans for holding said upright in front of said seat,all substantially as set fo tth,

. WILLIAM R. I WrI IQL IAMS '40 i i I

